Re: How payment to sales agents work after deals
My question is, when an agent puts any film through a distributor whether is feature, short, documentary and what have you, does he get a one off commission payment or does he get a continuous one for as long as the film is distributed in different ways like theatrical, video rental, retail, cable, TV etc.?
How does commission payment work for the agent if the distributor does it theatrical, then rental and retail then cable, then TV? How does an agent gets paid? A separate percentage from each of the above, or one whole amount from all type of distributions or they just get one off upfront payment upon signing agreement?
What if the agent only does agreement with distributor for theatrical and video rental, not retail and cable/TV? How does all work if rights are split with different distributors strong in their own sector e.g. theatrical, rental/retail, cable, TV etc?
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Thank you.
My question is, when an agent puts any film through a distributor whether is feature, short, documentary and what have you, does he get a one off commission payment or does he get a continuous one for as long as the film is distributed in different ways like theatrical, video rental, retail, cable, TV etc.?
How does commission payment work for the agent if the distributor does it theatrical, then rental and retail then cable, then TV? How does an agent gets paid? A separate percentage from each of the above, or one whole amount from all type of distributions or they just get one off upfront payment upon signing agreement?
What if the agent only does agreement with distributor for theatrical and video rental, not retail and cable/TV? How does all work if rights are split with different distributors strong in their own sector e.g. theatrical, rental/retail, cable, TV etc?
I have been wanting to add you but I am having trouble when it comes to adding people but I'll give it a try soon if you do not mind or you can friend request me if you like but I do not expect you to.
Thank you.